Recently popped in TMNT: Tournament Fighters for Super NES… holy crap, is the AI in this game hard. Even on the easiest setting, the CPU’s offense is almost relentless, but that’s not why I’m here. Anyway, a random thought occurred while I was playing Tournament Fighters… where did the character Aska come from?
As I recall, the game is sort of a mishmash of elements from the various TMNT properties. Primarily based on the TMNT cartoon that started in 87, but contains a number of characters from other sources. For example, Shredder’s appearance is based on the original comics rather than the animated series. Also, the final boss of the game is Karai, whose only prominent appearance was in the 13-part “City At War” storyline that brought a close to the original Mirage Studios comic run that would make way for a color series. And then there’s War and Armagon, two characters from the Archie Comics series run.
And then we have this Aska character… apparently an original character that was made for the game… and I’m wondering… why?
Funny thing is that I don’t think Aska has been seen since in any other TMNT (or Konami) property since Tournament Fighters. So I gotta wonder about that… or maybe I don’t.
Anyway, just a random thought.
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